Enigma, Alan Turing, and Bletchley Park

Gabrielle and Arianna examine the anniversery of the cracking of the Enigma cypher by cryptologists at Bletchley Park UK. This episode features an interview with Thomas Briggs, head of learning at Bletchley Park UK. We talk about the Enigma machine, Alan Turing, the role of women at Bletchley, and the future of cryptography. We then travel to The International Museum of WWII in Natick, MA to see and operate six Enigma machines there. We speak with Head of Learning and historian Susan Wilkins at the museum and tour the impressive WWII collection.